Husbandry

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The general rule: there are good publications on about every relevant aspect of reptile husbandry. So I won't try to explain e.g. different ways to incubate eggs, hibernate snakes, or build and heat cages. The range of specific magazines and books is immense, the staff of publishing houses and/or book shops will be kean to help you, for example at the terraristic show Breeders' Expo Europe in Rheda/Germany. For those who can't or don't want to go to shows there are online book shops supplying you with adequate literature.

Publishing houses for reptile specific magazines:

Draco
Herpetofauna
Reptilia
Reptiles (US)
Sauria

You'll find a few basic notes on the husbandry of my species checking the project/species pages. Clicking the lower level links on this page you'll find some aspects of keeping and breeding that originate from my personal experience. Perhaps there're some bits that help you out.

Building an Outdoor Enclosure for Rat Snakes
Tiliqua rugosa on the Balcony
Summer Enclosure for Dragons, Dwarf Monitors etc.
Dendrobates and Phyllobates in Room-Sized Enclosure


Literature:

This is a list of books I personally find very helpful. Understandably this list doesn't claim any completeness. As a general rule I absolutely don't like American books. In most examples they lack detailed and up-to-date information, the American way of husbandry isn't allowed in most European countries anyway, and the quality of the photographs as well as their pre-press and printing is very poor. This mustn't be necessarily so as Greg Maxwell's "The More Complete Chondro" proves ... and it's not a problem of the language either: there's a lot of very good Australian books. Unfortunately most of them are out of print and you will be happy if you can put your hands on a used copy.

Cover	Data	Description
	Klaus-Dieter Schulz: A Monograph of the Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Elaphe. Koeltz Scientific, 1996.	to come
	David Barker et al.: Pythons of the World, Volume I, Australia. Advanced Vivarium Systems, 1994.	to come
	Harold Cogger: Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia (6th Edition). Reed New Holland, 2000.	to come
	Harald Ehmann: Encyclopedia of Australian Animals. Reptiles. HarperCollins Angus & Robertson, 1992.	to come
	Stephen Wilson et al.: Australia's Reptiles. HarperCollins Angus & Robertson, 1992.	to come
	Raymond Hoser: Australian Reptiles & Frogs. Pierson & Co, 1989.	to come
	Thomas Wilms: Uromastix Natural History, Captive Care and Breeding. Herpeton Verlag, 2005.	to come
	Greg Maxwell: The More Complete Chondro. USA, 2003.	to come
	Robert Hitz et al.: Blue-Tongued Skinks. Mathias Schmidt Publications, 2004.	to come
	Andree Hauschild et al.: Skinke im Terrarium. Landbuch, 1995.	folgt
	Bernd Eidenmüller: Warane. Lebensweise • Pflege • Zucht. Herpeton-Verlag, 2003.	to come
	Andreas Kirschner et al.: Faszination Warane. Kirschner & Seufer, 1996.	to come
	Frank Bruse et al.: Live Food. Edition Chimaira, 2005.	to come
	Thomas Wilms: Terrarieneinrichtung. Grundlagen, Materialien und Methoden. Natur und Tier-Verlag, 2005.	to come
	Martin Hallmen: Freilandterrarien für Schlangen. Natur und Tier-Verlag, 2003.	to come

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